May was another strong month for femtech, with hundreds of millions raised across the ecosystem.
From bladder health to maternal monitoring to AI-powered metabolic care, investors continued to back solutions that have long been underfunded.
Here's a roundup of the femtech startups that raised this month.
Funding Rounds in Femtech for May 2026:
♀️ FLORA – raised $1.5M to scale its women's health platform across consumer app, corporate wellbeing, and data-driven business development.
→ Founded by: Anna Kreshchenko
→ About: Expand Wellflow's enterprise capabilities
♀️ Healthfab – raised $2.4M Series A to expand from period care into broader menstrual wellness.
→ Founded by: Kiriti Acharjee, Sourav Chakrabarty, Satyajit Chakraborty
→ About: Expand its holistic period care product portfolio and scale distribution across India.
♀️ Omaia – closed a pre-seed round for its pregnancy emotions support platform.
→ Founded by: Nina Elisabeth Larsen, Linnéa Belding
→ About: Provide continuous, personalized emotional support for the fear, anxiety, and uncertainty that accompany pregnancy.
♀️ UroMems – raised $60M to treat stress urinary incontinence with a smart implant.
→ Founded by: Hamid Lamraoui and Georges El Fassi
→ About: Fund pivotal clinical trials and commercial launch preparation of UroActive, the first smart automated artificial urinary sphincter.
♀️ BlueWind Medical – raised $47.8M to commercialize its implantable neuromodulation device for urgency urinary incontinence.
→ Founded by: Rainbow Medical Group, CEO Kerry Nelson
→ About: Scale its commercial sales organization and expand patient access to the FDA-cleared Revi® System.
♀️ Autoimmunity BioSolutions – raised a $1M seed extension for its genetically targeted autoimmune therapy.
→ Founded by: Eugene Williams and Dr. Mariano A. Garcia-Blanco
→ About: Advance animal model work for its personalized, genetically guided therapy targeting sIL7R
♀️ Nourish – raised a $100M Series C for its AI-native metabolic health clinic with GLP-1 integration.
→ Founded by: Aidan Dewar, Stephanie Liu, and Sam Perkins
→ About: Grow its network of 10,000+ registered dietitians and accelerate investment in AI agents for patients and providers.
♀️ Oli – raised $6.5M to advance predictive maternal and fetal monitoring ahead of market entry.
→ Founded by: Dr. Sarah McDonald
→ About: Complete pivotal clinical trials and advance regulatory submissions for its wearable device that predicts birth complications before they occur.
♀️ Gaia – secured a $100M debt facility to scale outcome-protected fertility financing.
→ Founded by: Nader AlSalim
→ About: Scale AI-powered clinic matching and outcome-protected IVF financing across the United States.
Frequently Asked Questions About Femtech
What is femtech?
Femtech (female technology) refers to software, diagnostics, products, and services that use technology to improve women's health and wellness. This includes solutions for reproductive health, pregnancy, menopause, menstrual health, pelvic and sexual health, and general wellness tailored specifically for women.
Why is femtech growing so rapidly?
The femtech market is experiencing explosive growth due to several factors: increased awareness of women's health gaps in traditional healthcare, more women in decision-making roles at VC firms, technological advancements in AI and diagnostics, and a market opportunity estimated to reach over $60 billion by 2030. Historically, women's health has been underfunded and underserved, creating massive opportunities for innovation.
What types of investors fund femtech startups?
Femtech startups are funded by a mix of traditional venture capital firms, impact investors, corporate venture arms from healthcare and pharma companies, angel investors (often with healthcare or women's health expertise), and increasingly, female-led VC funds specifically focused on women's health innovation.
Which femtech sectors are attracting the most investment?
Currently, the hottest femtech sectors include reproductive health and fertility (IVF technology, hormone tracking), menopause solutions, maternal health technology, diagnostics and imaging, AI-powered health monitoring, and microbiome-based treatments. In December 2025, we saw particularly strong activity in reproductive health and AI-powered diagnostics.
Is femtech only for women founders?
No. While many femtech companies are founded or co-founded by women (like Metri Bio, Biologica, and Earthful.me from our December roundup), some successful femtech companies have male founders (like Inito and AngelEye Health). What matters most is a deep understanding of the problem being solved and commitment to addressing real gaps in women's healthcare.
How can I track femtech funding and trends?
Subscribe to specialized newsletters and databases like EverythingStartups that provide monthly roundups of femtech funding, follow femtech-focused VCs on LinkedIn, check databases like Crunchbase and PitchBook for funding announcements, and join femtech communities and networks for industry insights.
